John Wall Formally Re-Signs With Wizards, Talks Commitment to Winning and Future for Team

It didn’t seem like that long ago that John Wall came into this building to address the media on him being the Number 1 Draft Pick in 2010, today he thanked the Wizards for making it happen again, this time for $170 million to stay in D.C and finally go after that championship that has eluded them since the 76-77 season.

“I’m happy here,” Wall said to the gathering. “I’m happy to see all y’all amazing people supporting me for the next six years. This is the team I want to be with for the rest of my career, so hopefully we can get that done.”

For Wizards fans having John, Brad and Otto for the foreseeable future is a good thing and knowing what this combo can do is bringing something special to the court again this fall and winter.

Wall’s agent and management team negotiated into the deal a trade kicker, which essentially works as a form of a no-trade clause because few teams likely will have the cap space to absorb his escalated salary beginning in 2019. Also, Wall received the ever-so-important player option in the final year of the extension, meaning he could elect to test free agency following the 2021-22 season, when he will be 31 years old.

This begins the process of building a winning team for the 2017-18 season started today and Wall insured those in attendance that they are not done with the performance from last season.

“When this team drafted me in 2010, I wanted to come here and build a future for this team. I think you can see the commitment every time I step on the court,” said Wall.